Accurately Typing DynamoDB Data from the AWS SDK using TypeScript
Learn how to accurately and easily type data retrieved from a DynamoDB table via the AWS SDK using TypeScript and how to avoid using any types!
Coner Murphy
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When building projects with AWS, there will come a time when you need to run things on a consistent and regular basis. A common example of this would be running a Lambda function once per day to perform some checks against a database. But, how do we ...
Automate Your AWS CDK Stack Deployment with GitHub Actions
When we’re deploying our AWS CDK stacks we have a few options available to us, the easiest and where most people start is deploying them via the terminal on your local machine with a command like cdk deploy. For development, this method is more than ...
Maximizing Your AWS Lambda Function's Potential with Layers and the AWS CDK
A common approach to working with AWS lambdas in the AWS CDK with TypeScript is to bundle your external dependencies and reused code into the final compiled JavaScript that is deployed to the lambda function. Often this is achieved by using something...
How to Save Money by Using Compression to Store Attribute Values in DynamoDB
AWS DynamoDB is a fully managed NoSQL database that offers fast and scalable performance regardless of the size of your application. To make this possible DynamoDB places some constraints on you as the developer/user. The two key constraints that you...
How to Trigger a Lambda Function From Another Lambda Function Using an AWS EventBridge Event Bus
It’s a quite common scenario to need to trigger a lambda function from another lambda function. This might be because you need to trigger another action to occur unrelated to your original function or it could be to split up the processing of some da...
How to Build a Contact Form With Next.js and AWS
It's pretty common to have a contact form on your website but building them can be a pain. So, let's explore how to easily build one using Next.js and